Goodnight Julia

I'm pretty devastated tonight... having just learned that Miss Julia Sugarbaker, Dixie Carter, passed away Saturday morning.  She, and her iconic Designing Women character, was a hero of mine.  From her epic tirades to her cool, collected charm she was the epitome of Southern class mixed in with a pinch of fiery heroics.  Enjoy this moment as we wave goodbye to her.  Goodnight Julia!


Julia (on the phone): Yes, you can give him a message. You do take shorthand, don't you? Good, we take it in the South too. Anyway, just tell him that I have been a Southerner all my life, and I can vouch for the fact the we do eat a lot of things down here... and we've certainly all had our share of grits and biscuits and gravy, and I myself have probably eaten enough fried chicken to feed a third world country - not to mention barbecue, cornbread, watermelon, fried pies, okra, and... yes... if I were being perfectly candid, I would have to admit we have also eaten our share of crow, and for all I know - during the darkest, leanest years of the Civil War, some of us may have had a Yankee or two for breakfast. But... speaking for myself and hundreds of thousands of my Southern ancestors who have evolved through many decades of poverty, strife, and turmoil, I would like for Mr. Weaks to know that we have surely eaten many things in the past, and we will surely eat many things in the future, but - God as my witness - we have never, I repeat, [shouts] never eaten dirt!